Educational Resources

Math Resources

• Math practice site(by grade level)
• Math Resources
• Mathalicious (Lessons designed around real-world topics that develop both conceptual understanding and procedural fluency)
• IXL - Math (Math practice for Pre-K - Grade 8)
• Xtramath (Free web program to practice math facts. It allows you to set it up so that the next student's name comes up automatically.)
• Lesson Planet (Games for upper elementary math students)

English Resources

• Complete Works of Shakespeare
• English Resources
• Skype an Author (Provides K-12 teachers and librarians with a way to connect authors, books, and young readers through virtual visits)
• Free Audio Books (Free audio books from public domain; download in mp3, iPod or iTunes)
• Artifacts and Fiction - American Literature (Video workshop for high school American literature teachers; 8 one-hour video programs, workshop guide, and website; techniques for reading cultural, political, and religious artifacts and connecting them to the literature)
• American Passages-A Literary Survey (Professional development and classroom materials to enhance the study of American Literature in its cultural context; organized into 16 units; instructor guide; 30-minute documentary video series, literary texts and an integrated study guide)
• Invitation to World Literature (Multimedia resource with 13 texts introduced on video; excerpts of the texts are found on an extensive website along with background material and reading support; interactive timeline and resources for teaching)
• Teaching Multicultural Literature in High School (Workshop for high school teachers which explores the richness of multicultural literature through four pedagogical approaches: reader response, inquiry, cultural studies, and critical pedagogy; eight one-hour video programs which illustrates these approaches; background information on featured authors and analysis of their works; print guide includes discussion questions and activities; a website which includes resources about literature and teaching strategies)
  
  

Music Resources

• Incredibox (Create music with a blend of different beats, instruments, voices and effects)

Science Resources

• Interactive Oceans
• Museum of Flight (Students work in teams to plan space flights to distant planets)
• Animals - Kid Konnect (Fast facts and links for over 50 animals)
• Animal Planet (Click on Explore by Subject, Fun and Games, or What's Hot)
• Dna Tube (Scientific site providing video based studies, lecturers and seminars)
• Squishy Circuits (A project from the University of St. Thomas to design tools and activities which allow kids of all ages to create circuits and explore electronics using play dough)
  
  

Social Studies

• Country Links (Kids Konnect - Tons of links for 42 different countries
• World Geography (Kids Konnect - Over 50 links)
• Learner - American History (Twenty-two units, seventeen of which contain video and text materials, Web inter-actives, and hands-on activities. The remaining five units are classroom application units and have no video-related materials)
• Social Studies in Action (Teaching practices library, professional development guide with companion website based on the National Council for the Social Studies standards; documents 24 teachers and their students in K-12 classrooms across the country; lessons are designed to inspire thoughtful conversations and reflections on teaching practices.)
• Democracy in America (Video course for high school, college and adult learners ; 15 half-hour video programs, print guide, and Web site)
• Methodology Workshop, K-5 (Video workshop for K-5 teachers; 8 one-hour video programs, workshop guide, and web site)
• Teaching Geography 7-12 (Video workshop for 7-12 teachers; 8 one-hour video programs, workshop guide, and website)
• A Biography of America (Video instructional series on American history for high school classrooms and adult learners; 26 half-hour video programs, coordinated books, and website)
• Primary Sources-Workshops in American History (Video workshop for high school teachers; 8 one-hour video programs, workshop guide, and website)
  
  

• Daniel Pink - A Whole New Mind (Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future) - Creativity matters!
• Sir Ken Robinson - The Element (Why Finding Your Passion Changes Everything) - Arts and creativity must be encouraged in schools
• Randy Pausch - The Last Lecture - Find your passion, motivation, self-direction
• James Surowiecki (Why the Many are Smarter than the Few and How Collaborative Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations) - The importance of collaboration
• Tony Wagner - The Global Achievement Gap - Comparisons of U.S. students to students in other countries